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Curry Family
Curry
photos Martin and Bridget Curry Potpourri Curry Children:
Anne
Curry
John Joseph Curry
William Curry Children of John Joseph Curry and Honoria Foye Children of Thomas John Curry and Annie Cecelia Hart Belton Costello Sweeney Morley Citizenship practices Migration customs |
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The Berry families seems to be the first to move to Kansas, and the Currys followed soon after. We have no record of either the Berrys or Currys being in Kansas prior to the Civil War, but they appeared soon thereafter, sooner than the group I originally traced leaving Ireland around the mid 1880s. In fact, the Berrys are cited as welcoming several groups of Irish emigrants in the mid 1880s. Thomas E. Curry of Kansas City MO has developed an extensive chart of the Curry families, and a 35 page single spaced booklet "A Curry Family Tree" tracking the Currys who emigrated to Kansas. The research was conducted in 2001-2004 . The Curry family is related to the Foys. Honoria Foy, younger sister of Patrick Foy, married John Joseph Curry and the couple emigrated to Kansas with the Curry family around 1886. Honoria's oldest sister, Delia Foy, married Martin Berry, and that family also emigrated to Kansas. John Joseph Curry's parents were Martin Curry and Mary Berry. This essay will limit itself to the family of Martin Curry and his wife Mary Berry and secondarily to the family of their son John Curry and Honoria Foye. Martin Curry, born in Knock Ireland in 1818 and Mary Berry, born in 1828 were married at Knock, Ireland and their first three children were born in Ireland. Martin and Mary Curry migrated to Abilene KS around 1875, but I was unable to find a matching immigration record. Both of them are buried in Abilene Kansas, Martin in 1903 and Mary in 1901. Their children: Anne Curry (Knock, 6 Jan 1850 - Tampa Ks 23 Feb 1934) married James Noone (Co Clare 6 July 1845 - Tampa Ks 21 Aug 1934). The couple went to Kansas in 1884, and settled near Tampa Kansas among the "Mud Creek Irish" which included Beltons, Meehans, Morton and Noones of Clark Township. John Joseph Curry (Knock 15 June 1854 - Kansas City KS 16 March 1929) married (Knock 7 July 1881) Honoria Foye (Garryedmond 16 Feb 1854 - Tampa KS 23 Jan 1910). They settled in Tampa Kansas. Children listed below. William Curry (Knock 1855 - 1902) married Margaret Carney (Apr 1866 - 1937) and they lived in Vine Creek Kansas. Previously, William is listed in the 1885 Kansas census as living with his mother and father, Mary and Martin Curry in Prairie Dog, Decatur County Kansas. William and Margaret had two children according to the 1900 census, but only John M Curry (May 1890 - 1971) survived childhood. William was institutionalized sometime between 1890 and 1900, for he appears in the 1900 census as an inmate of the Kansas State Asylum. Margaret remained in Ottawa County, she owned her own home and served as the postmistress at Vine Creek and operated a grocery store.. John M continued to farm the Curry land adjacent to the Vine Creek church and cemetery until he died in 1971. All three are buried in the Vine Creek Catholic Cemetery. Margaret Curry (Knock Aug 1856 - Henrietta TX bet 1920 & 1930) came to the USA in 1876. She married (Streator IL abt 1878) William Hanagan (New York Aug 1855 - Henrietta TX after 1930 ). Shortly after they married they moved to a farm near Tampa KS. The US census for 1880 lists William and Margaret and their five month old baby Mary in Marion County, Center Township. The Patrick Berry family follows immediately afterward. The Kansas State census for 1885 places them In Decatur County, Prairie Dog township, in the northwestern corner of Kansas. They are listed near the George Byrne and the Martin Curry families, and close to the listings for JJ Berry and Patrick Berry. Later on they moved to Abilene KS and by 1900 were in Clay County, Henrietta Texas. They had seven children, the first two of whom were born in Tampa, and only five of whom were alive by the time of the 1900 census. Several census records indicate the couple were married in 1880. The US 1910 census indicates they had seven children, or whom five were alive: Mary, James M, Thoms K, William F, and Agnes. Margaret was still alive by the time of the 1920 census, but by the 1930 census William was a widower, who with is son Thomas C moved in with his son James' family. Bridget Curry (Kilcolman Co Mayo bap 4 Oct 1854 - Leavenworth KS 24 Oct 1934) became Sister Mary Sophie of the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth. She worked as a nurse in hospitals in Laramie WY & Leavenworth KS. She is buried in St. Mary's cemetery. The Motherhouse records indicate that she entered the convent 12 Feb 1884. Rose Curry (Kilcolman Co Mayo bap 5 June 1856 - Topeka KS 18 July 1910) became Sister Mary Pelagia of the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth. She is buried in St. Mary's cemetery. The Motherhouse records indicate that she entered the convent 12 Feb 1884. No assignments noted in the Sisters' records, but she was probably a teacher.
Thomas John
Curry (Knock 1856 - Abilene KS 25 Jan 1916) came
earlier than the Martin and Mary Curry family contingent.
He is listed in the New York Passenger Lists for the liner
Abyssinia which docked May 1879 as a warehouseman. age 24, coming
from Ireland to U.S.America. Next he appears in the US 1880
census as a clerk in store in Abilene City, Dickinson Count,
Kansas, the location of the store operated by JJ Berry and
Patrick Berry. In 1885 we find him in Decatur County, Prairie Dog
Township in two places. Since this a fairly recent piece of
evidence, it it printed here in its entirety:
The family histories indicate that
Thomas John Curry married Annie Cecelia Hart (1866 - 1926)
in Abilene KS on 15 April 1885 in Abilene KS. Annie
was the daughter of Cecelia Byrne, Jane Frances Byrne Berry's
older sister and Edward Hart. She was born near Pittsburgh,
PA Cecelia died two years after Annie was born, and
Edward Hart died twelve years after Annie's birth. Annie
was taken by family members to St. Louis The 1880 Federal
Census places her with the family of Patrick Byrne in Abilene KS.
Patrick was Jane Frances Byrne's younger brother, age 27; he
clerked in the Berry Brothers store. As depicted above, the 1885
State Census places her with John Joseph and Jane Frances Berry
family in Decatur. Shortly after the census, Thomas John
and Annie Cecelia were married. The family next appears in
the Kansas State Census for 1895:
It is unclear who Mary Curry, age 62 is.
If it is Thomas' mother, the ages and dates don't correspond.
Also, where is Martin Curry, who died only in 1903?
The full T J Curry family appears in the 1900 Federal Census:
The 1905 census includes twins, Raphael and Helene, born in 1904. Thomas John is classified as a merchant, and Anne Cecelia as a dressmaker. By 1910, Thomas John Curry is listed with none as occupation: Annie Cecelia is a seamstress at home, Joseph A is a piano salesman, and Cecelia is a school teacher. Mae and Cecelia are gone by the time of the 1915 State census, Thomas John is an insurance agent, Joseph and Edward are clerks, Agnes and Marie are stenos, Jane is in high school, and Ralph and Helen are students. By 1920 Annie Cecelia is the head of the household, which includes Agnes, Marie, Frances, Helen and Ralph. Annie Cecelia died in 1926. Jane Francis Curry has written a short biography of Annie Cecelia Hart, as seen in the eyes of her daughter. It is located in the essay section, and gives an interesting insight to life in a town rather than on a farm. See below for short descriptions of the children of Thomas John and Annie Cecelia Curry Mary Curry (abt 1868 - 1897) who took the name Sister Mary Loretta may have been another of the Curry children, although family records do not mention her. Bt the convent records indicate she was the daughter of Martin Curry and Mary Berry. She died two years after entering the convent in 11 Feb 1897 at the age of 28.
Patrick Curry is another mystery. One
record says he was born in Claremorris Co Mayo on 24 Mar 1865 and
baptized 25 Mar 1865 and that he died in Claremorris 3 April
1865. Nora Belton's notes indicate that he "died in the
service" Other records indicate that he moved to
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John J Curry (Knock 15 June 1854 - Kansas City KS 16 March 1929) married (Knock 7 July 1881) Honoria Foye (Garryedmond 16 Feb 1854 - Tampa KS 23 Jan 1910). They settled in Tampa Kansas. Their children are listed here because of the close relationship with the Foy family. The first three children were born in Ireland, and the last five children were born in Kansas. Hanny or Anna or Nora Foy (as she was listed in the census records) was the sister of Bridget (Delia) Foy who married Martin Berry and also the sister of Patrick Foy, my grandfather
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Children
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John Curry (1857 - 1916) and Annie Cecelia
Hart (1866 - 1928)
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In summer of 2005, Warren Roby, a descendant of the Currys, told me that the Belton family was one of the first to settle in Marion County and Tampa and Richard Belton was instrumental in attracting other Irish families to the area. The census records seem to bear this out.
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| Belton | Richard | 33 | works on RR | Ireland |
| " | Catherine | 30 | keeps house | Ireland |
| " | Patrick | 9 | at school | Illinois |
| " | Edward | 8 | at school | Illinois |
| " | Eliza | 6 | at school | Illinois |
| " | Michael | 4 | Illinois | |
| " | Robert | 1 | Illinois | |
From this record, we infer that Richard Belton was in Illinois on or before 1860 and worked for the railroad, which was then moving towards the west coast, first via the Union Pacific to San Francisco and shortly thereafter via the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe through Kansas en route to Los Angeles and San Diego. The 1880 census shows that he moved to Marion County, Kansas during the decade of the 1870s:
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United States Census
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| Belton | Richard | 46 | farmer | Ireland |
| " | Catherine | 39 | keeping house | Ireland |
| " | P. J. | 19 | Illinois | |
| " | Richard E | 17 | Illinois | |
| " | Eliza D | 15 | Illinois | |
| " | Michael J | 14 | Illinois | |
| " | Robert | 10 | Illinois | |
| " | William | 9 | Illinois | |
| " | Thomas | 7 | Illinois | |
| " | Eugene F | 4 | Kansas | |
| " | Sylvester | 4 | Kansas | |
| " | Frederick J | 1 | Kansas | |
| Hannigan | S. L. (female) | 20 | boarder / teacher | Ireland |
From this census record we can infer that Richard Belton moved his family from Illinois around 1875. By 1900 Richard was dead, but his widow Catherine Belton maintained a farm in Clark, Marion County with six of her children, two of whom (Vista (1880), Marie (1881) were born after the 1880 census. Their children operated farms in various parts of Marion County, including Durham Park Township, Clark, and Lost Springs. In 1900 and 1910, Mrs P H Belton (Catherine or Katherine) who was born in Pennsylvania of German parents operated a farm in Lost Springs Township. Her husband, Patrick ("P J"), son of Richard and Catherine, had been institutionalized at Topeka State Hospital. By 1920 she had moved with her youngest daughter, Celia — now a teacher in the public schools — to Herington City in Dickinson County. Her son, Richard Belton had moved his family to Herington, and he is a machinist in a round house in the 1920 census. By the time of the 1930 census, Katherine Belton is listed as living alone in Herington City.
We have no way to quantify the influence Richard Belton exerted on the Berrys or Currys to move to Marion County, but we have direct evidence of some family connections. Mary Curry married John Frederick Belton. One of their sons, Richard Belton married Margaret Lucille Cramer, a granddaughter of William Foye, and Mayme Belton married Thomas Curry.
Potpourri
Vignettes and anecdotes in no logical order
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Warren Roby forwarded the following news article to me on 22 Jan 2006. He received it from a cousin, who copied it just as he read it, typos and all (boldface is my addition)… November 19, 1908 Hope Dispatach Thomas Curry Jr., of near Tampa, was killed Tuesday by falling from a building. He was repiring a corn crib when he made a mis step and fel from the building, strikeing on a corn sheller on his sstomach and brest. He screamed once but was dead when they reached him. He was 26 years old, married Miss MINNIE BELTON about a year ago, who with a child four weeks old, is left to mourn his untimely death. |
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Anna B Noone (1888 - 1985) born in the Mud Creek Irish settlement near Tampa KS, married James Costello (1886 - 1970) a farmer all his life. His parents came from Cork Ireland. Like many immigrant children, his father took him out of school after the third grade. His son, Edward, relates that he was shocked to discover that his father could not read. Anna knew how to protect him from this embarrassment, but when she was not present he would hand Edward something to read stating he didn't have his glasses. Since Ed know he didn't wear glasses. he gradually came to realize he could not read. Anna was a caring mother and home maker who played an active role in the operation of the farm and education of their children. excerpt from A Curry Family Tree, by Thomas E Curry, page 3 |
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When I would be “lost in a book” at bedtime, Mother would go up to bed after admonishing me to do so, also. In about fifteen minutes she would call from the top of the stairs, “come up to bed this minute!” I would reply, “Yes, Mother, just let me finish this chapter! Fifteen minutes later- a re-run of the same scene. I did not mean to be recalcitrant; I was really “out of this world”. Fifteen minutes later- a re-run? No! Just lights out! The fuse-box was at the head of the stairs; she pulled the switch, and I went to bed in the dark! More than once! >>Jane Frances Curry<< |
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About Aunt Marie, and her “clothes-Press!” Children often concoct some strange words or expressions from what their little ears attribute to utterances of their grown-ups. So, when Marie would hear the older ones bidding each other goodnight, saying, “Hope you rest well”, her deduction was “clothes-Press”! And, sometimes even now, in fun, she’ll say it instead of “Good Night”. About Aunt Marie again – Before the streets were paved, when it rained what glorious fun it was to wade in the deep gutters! Because of the mud, however, it was somewhat dangerous- not for the bigger kids but for the little ones. Marie was big enough but, because I followed her into the ditch, she got spanked for leading me astray! Mother believed in placing the blame where it belonged – usually. Editor's note: Aunt Marie was not Jane's Aunt but her older sister. These vignettes were addressed to Jane Curry's nephews and nieces. >>Jane Frances Curry<< |
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Uncle Ed “got away with murder”, or so it seemed to me because he was forever leading me on- to my sad downfall! Once should have sufficed but no, I always believed him — to my great sorrow and pain because, although he was at fault, I got the spanking! He would say, “Come on and go up to Nusz’ with me- Mother said you could”. That was our nearest grocery store, just a few blocks from home. Then, when we got up there and stopped across the threshold, he would turn and say, “No she didn’t!” and I would fly home – to get spanked for leaving without permission! As I say, once should have been enough but it happened time after time – I always believed him! Evidently so did Mother – “he could do no wrong”! They say he reminded her of her father; even as Ceil was supposed to be like her mother- and, if I wanted anything and would ask Ceil to ask Mother, I always got it! So-o-o what difference did it make? Editor's note: Uncle Ed was not Jane Frances' uncle but her older brother. These vignettes were addressed to Jane Curry's nephews and nieces. Mother — Annie Cecelia Hart — may have remembered her father, because she was twelve when he died, but she must have remembered her mother from pictures and stories, as she was only two when her mother died. >>Jane Frances Curry<< |
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I don’t recall too much about the “older ones”- they seemed to live; in a different world! But I do remember how, when they had “dates,” Father O’Reilly, who lived right across the street, would parade back and forth on the open upper-porch of the Rectory, dressed in his long, white nightshirt and high-peaked, white night-cap, fuming because “his girls” were entertaining non-Catholic boy-friends! And, in the next Sunday’s sermon he did everything but name names! (And that’s what they all married because there weren’t many Catholics.) But, the Rectory furnished no end of our entertainment when we were little. Dad’s “Aunt Bridget” lived over there with Father and his sister, Jennie, so we were always running in and out over there. Father played the accordion and Jennie played the organ, so we participated in many an Irish jig. And, Aunt B. would sit there smoking her old corncob pipe, the picture of perfect peace. However, things were not always peaceful around there, especially when Helen and Ralph would lock poor Jennie in the outdoor privy! We were probably pests but Father always knew how to get rid of us. When he had had enough, he would say, “There comes the Bishop!” and would we fly! Editor's note: Aunt Bridget is Bridget Berry Cosgrove. See Berry family chapter for details. >>Jane Frances Curry<< |
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Ann Halligan was the wife of William Foy, Her mother was a Curry, but we don't know the connection to the families described in this section. However, the Halligans lived in Kilcolman, close to Knock, and many of the Currys were born near Knock. |
John Belton and the capture of the notorious
John Dillinger
Mary Curry married John Belton around 1907. Both were from "Mud Flat" Irish families who had located near Tampa Kansas. They had four children born in the 1908-1915 period. Mary developed tuberculosis, and the family relocated for health reasons to Tucson Arizona. Mary died in 1918 leaving four children under the age of ten. Her sister, Bridget Curry Bram traveled to Tucson and brought back the four youngsters and raised them together with her own son Leonard, living first in Tampa KS them moving to Kansas City. John Belton remained in Tucson as a policeman, eventually becoming sheriff of Pima County.
In May 1933 John Dillinger had been released from Indiana State Prison and together with his gang went on a rampage of crime in the Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin area, robbing banks and police stations and killing anybody who stood in their way. As the police of several states mounted intense pursuit, including the National Guard of Indiana, the gang moved during January 1934 towards Tucson Arizona, arriving at different days. Makley and Clark took rooms at the Capitol Hotel.
On Jan. 22, 1934, the Congress Hotel, where Clark and Makley were registered, caught fire. The two paid firemen $50 to retrieve their belongings, then relocated to a house on 927 North Second Avenue. On January 23, the firemen recognized Clark from a photo in a detective magazine and notified police. On Thursday, January 25, Charles Makley was arrested at a radio store in downtown Tucson; Clark and Opal Long were captured at the house on North Second Avenue; Pierpont and Mary Kinder apprehended on South Sixth while trying to leave town in a '34 Buick. Hours after Clark's arrest, Dillinger and Frechette were arrested at the North Avenue house. All arrests were made without firing a shot. Dillinger was wearing a bulletproof vest.
The news soon hit the papers, spreading across the country: the notorious Dillinger had been captured in Tucson. The Dillinger crowd were thoroughly disgusted with the fact that some "hick cops," had captured them without a shot being fired. Word got out that another of the gang, a man by the name of Hamilton, was due in Tucson, but they never found him.
The gang members were incarcerated in the Pima County jail, on the second floor above the sheriff's office, which was located in the north wing of the courthouse building. John Belton was sheriff at the time and decided that since so many people wanted to see the gangsters, they would have an open house on Sunday afternoon and allow people to visit the jail and see the big- time bank robbers. Several hundred people passed through to see them, myself included (Roy Drachman Jr, whose memories are recorded here), although I had already had a private tour conducted by Sheriff Belton.
Later, after Dillinger had escaped from jails in the East and when his gang broke out others of his gang from small town jails, killing everyone in sight, it was realized how risky that open house had been. It was a wonder that others of his gang didn't show up to spring Dillinger and his pals.
The gang members were flown back to Indiana for trial. They managed to escape from jail again and continued their rampage of bank robberies until Dillinger was shot and killed outside a Chicago theater.
John Belton died in Tucson 23 March 1937.
Information retrieved from various Internet locations.
John Sweeney came to America 18 June 1884 on
the liner Devonia. He was listed as a laborer. Ellen
Morley came to America 18 October 1886 on the liner Celtic.
She was listed as coming from Claremorris, County Mayo and
destined for Kansas. Both traveled steerage. There
exist many letters sent from Ireland by Luke Morley, Ellen's
sister, that contain news tidbits about many of the other.
Since Ellen traveled under the name Morley, it is probable the
couple were married in Kansas. By the time of the 1900
census, the family were living in Blaine Township, Marion County
as evidenced by the following record:
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United States Census >
1900 > Kansas > Marion > Blaine Township >
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| Sweeney | John | 49 | June 1852 | Ire | Ire | Ire | 1884 | farmer |
| " | Ellen | 38 | June 1861 | Ireland | Ireland | Ireland | 1886 | |
| Maggie | 11 | Mar 1889 | Kansas | Ireland | Ireland | |||
| Mary | 9 | Apr 1891 | Kansas | Ireland | Ireland | |||
| Delia | 7 | Sept 1892 | Kansas | Ireland | Ireland | |||
| Ella | 4 | Mar 1896 | Kansas | Ireland | Ireland | |||
| Celia | 2 | Nov 1897 | Kansas | Ireland | Ireland | |||
| John | 2/12 | Feb 1900 | Kansas | Ireland | Ireland | |||
Subsequent census records indicate that the Sweeneys remained in Blaine
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United States Census >
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| Sweeney | John | 58 | 1861 | Ireland | Ireland | Ireland | farmer |
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| " | Ellen | 49 | June 1861 | Ireland | Ireland | Ireland | ||
| " | Mary E | 20 | 1889 | Kansas | Ireland | Ireland | teacher |
public school |
| " | Delia | 17 | 1892 | Kansas | Ireland | Ireland | ||
| " | Ella | 15 | 1894 | Kansas | Ireland | Ireland | ||
| " | Celia | 13 | 1896 | Kansas | Ireland | Ireland | ||
| " | John | 10 | 1899 | Kansas | Ireland | Ireland | ||
| Davis | Grover | 21 | 1888 | Kansas | Kansas | Kansas | farm laborer |
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The 1920 census lists the family as loving in Tampa, but this may not mean a change of venue, merely a change of the name of the location:
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US Census of 1920 for Tampa, Marion
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| Sweeney | John | 70 | 1849 | Ireland | Ireland | Ireland | farmer |
| " | Ellen | 60 | 1859 | Ireland | Ireland | Ireland | |
| " | Mary | 29 | 1890 | Kansas | Ireland | Ireland |
keeper books bank |
| " | Delia | 26 | 1893 | Kansas | Ireland | Ireland |
works in ?? yard |
| " | Celia | 21 | 1898 | Kansas | Ireland | Ireland |
works gen mdse |
| " | John Jr | 19 | 1900 | Kansas | Ireland | Ireland |
works own farm |
Margaret the eldest daughter had married John Murphy, and that family listing is found on the same census page for the original Sweeney clan, so their farms must have been close together.
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US Census of 1920 for Tampa, Marion
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| Murphy | John | 38 | 1881 | Kansas | Ireland | Kentucky | farmer stockman |
| " | Margaret M | 31 | 1888 | Kansas | Ireland | Ireland | |
| " | John Jr | 10 | 1909 | Kansas | Kansas | Kansas | |
| " | Francis A | 4 | 1915 | Kansas | Kansas | Kansas | |
| " | Thomas P | 6 | 1913 | Kansas | Kansas | Kansas | |
| " | Paul J | 3 2/12 | 1916 | Kansas | Kansas | Kansas | |
Ellen Morley Sweeney died in 1926 and John Sweeney in 1929, and the family was dispersed. Delia and John Jr remained in Tampa and did not marry. They are listed in the 1930 census. As mentioned above, Maggie had married John Murphy, Ella married Pat Ryan, a railroad engineer, in 1915 and relocated to Herington. Mary Ellen married John Duncan in 1923, and Cecelia married Theodore Boone in 1922. and by the 1930 census the Boones lived in Herington City, Dickinson County. Neither Delia nor John Jr married, so the Sweeney name disappeared from among our Kansas relatives.
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| Boone | Theodore | 30 | 1899 | Missouri | Missouri | Kentucky |
machinist helper railroad |
| " | Cecilia | 30 | 1899 | Kansas | Ireland | Ireland | |
| " | Theodore | 6 | 1923 | Texas | Missouri | Kansas | |
| " | Daniel | 4 6/12 | 1925 | Florida | Missouri | Kansas | |
| " | Eleanor | 2 6/12 | 1927 | Kansas | Missouri | Kansas | |
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Since Ellen Sweeney was a Morley, see her placement within the Morley
group.
I received information from John Foy of Garryedmond, Claremorris, Ireland.
There is an listing of the Berry, Byrne and Curry families by someone from St. Mary of the Plains College dated about 1964. It may be by one of the Berry women who became a sister of Saint Joseph.— Agnes Berry?
The currently definitive history of the Berry family was written by Thomas E Curry. It contains 35 pages of places and date of births, places and dates of marriages, places and date of death, places of burials, together with a wealth of anecdotal material about many of the Currys. It is titled "A Curry Family Tree", "County Mayo Ireland" and starts with Martin Curry (1818 - 1903) and Mary Berry (1828 - 1901). Although undated, internal evidence points to completion in 2003 or early 2004. I received my copy 25 Jan 2005.
Mary Beth Paynter Engler has produced a document dated 1 August 1998 titled "THE CURRY, BERRY, BYRNE FAMILY HISTORY"
Julie McKee Hutton Hanson has compiled extensive information about the Kansas Currys, especially the descendants of Thomas John Curry and Annie Cecelia Hart who settled in and around Abilene KS. I received many photos and documents from Julie in November 2007. Julie is the great granddaughter of Thomas John Curry and Annie Cecilia Hart.
Many Federal Census records for Kansas and Illinois. Unfortunately the 1890 census records were destroyed in a Washington DC fire. These would have been invaluable to track those who went to Kansas in the mid 1880s.
Kansas State Census records for the mid-decade, particularly those for 1875, 1885, 1895 and 1905. These contain less information than the Federal Census records, but do give a location site for many families.
Ancestry.com now has over 40,000 maps of land holdings. I've studied those for Marion County for 1921. They still contain many family names.
The New York Passenger Lists 1851 - 1891 set benchmarks for arrival for many but not all immigrant family members.
The Ellis Island records are not germane to this research, as most of the Kansas immigration was ended before Ellis Island opened in 1892.
most recent revision: 2 November 2007
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